Goblin Spymaster
Goblin Spymaster: Creature - Goblin Rogue, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Goblin Rogue
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 2/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
- Released
- 2022-06-10
- Collector number
- 795
- Artist
- Wayne Reynolds
- Keywords
- First strike
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About Goblin Spymaster
Goblin Spymaster is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 795 in that set, with art by Wayne Reynolds. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Commander 2016 (2016) to Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
First strike
At the beginning of each opponent's end step, that player creates a 1/1 red Goblin creature token with "Creatures you control attack each combat if able."
"Infiltrate and infuriate!" -Goblin Espionage League motto
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.31 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Goblin Spymaster by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Goblin Spymaster
Goblin Spymaster has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Treasure Chest (PZ2) #25 | Rare | 2016 |
| Commander 2016 (C16) #19 | Rare | 2016 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Goblin Spymaster.
- If, during your declare attackers step, a creature you control is tapped or is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, then it doesn't attack, even if you control one of Goblin Spymaster's tokens. If there's a cost associated with having a creature attack, you aren't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.
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